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Island Press was established in 1984 to meet the need for reliable, peer reviewed information to help solve environmental problems. We identify innovative thinkers and emerging trends in the environmental field. We work with world-renowned experts and aspiring authors to develop cross-disciplinary solutions to environmental challenges. Then we make sure this information is communicated effectively to the widest possible audience – via our books, electronic media, and outreach to scientists, policymakers, the news media, and the general public.Island Press publishes approximately 40 new titles per year on topics ranging from biodiversity and land use to forest management, agriculture, marine science, climate change, and energy. In addition, Island Press is engaged in several collaborative partnerships designed to help facilitate the stimulation of new ideas, new information products, and targeted outreach to specific audiences. Our Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea COMPASS is one such example.In the late 1980s, Island Press played a major role in defining the then-emerging field of conservation biology. One of our first titles in this area, Building an Ark: Tools for the Preservation of Natural Diversity Through Land Protection by Phillip Hoose of The Nature Conservancy, laid out the guiding argument for preserving entire ecosystems rather than merely protecting arbitrarily selected pieces of land.

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